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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/md/bcache/super.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c index c017cd444c66..cedbb41533c2 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c @@ -1556,6 +1556,20 @@ static void conditional_stop_bcache_device(struct cache_set *c, */ pr_warn("stop_when_cache_set_failed of %s is \"auto\" and cache is dirty, stop it to avoid potential data corruption.", d->disk->disk_name); + /* + * There might be a small time gap that cache set is + * released but bcache device is not. Inside this time + * gap, regular I/O requests will directly go into + * backing device as no cache set attached to. This + * behavior may also introduce potential inconsistence + * data in writeback mode while cache is dirty. + * Therefore before calling bcache_device_stop() due + * to a broken cache device, dc->io_disable should be + * explicitly set to true. + */ + dc->io_disable = true; + /* make others know io_disable is true earlier */ + smp_mb(); bcache_device_stop(d); } else { /* |